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Byline: Clark Spencer
MIAMI _ Count the Florida Marlins among those who wished Hurricane Frances never happened. The storm demolished a crucial weekend showdown with the Chicago Cubs at Pro Player Stadium, and it cast doubts on the Marlins' late-season scramble to make it back to the playoffs and defend their World Series title.
By forcing the postponement of Sunday's game with the Cubs to make it a clean sweep of the scheduled three-game series, Frances left the Marlins in a tough predicament as they try to make up the 2 {-game gap with front-running Chicago in the National League wild-card race.
The Marlins are now confronted with the imposing task of playing 30 games, including three doubleheaders, during the final 27 days of the regular …